The elusive weight loss ingredient...

She does not understand that sleep is my fondest desire. The elusive, mythical state that I have heard about and long to attain.

If you want a good night's sleep you need to take responsibility for the things that are keeping you awake and deal with them.

Getting a good night's sleep isn't an optional extra, a nice thing to have, it is vital to physical and mental wellbeing. My comments below might seem harsh, but it sounds like you need a wake up call. <-- Wake up call, get it? :bigsmile:

So till she gets her car fixed, we have a 5 AM wake up. This morning she's off, so we decided to sleep in until 7:30

Tell her to get her car fixed. Straight away. She is taking advantage of your willingness to help her and you are letting her. Give her a deadline.

An hour later my husband is up, turning on the bathroom light in our room (couldn't use the hallway bathroom?) and making all sorts of noises in there. This is the third night in a row.

Tell him, kindly but firmly, that you need your sleep and that you want him to come to bed at the same time that you do.

.time to get rid of more of the WATER. Another trip to the bathroom.

Don't drink a lot straight before bed. If a woman is having to get up in the night to pee, she's probably drinking more than she needs. Do some research on the "Eight Glasses a Day" thing (water in foods counting etc) before getting sucked into having more than you need.

.the idiot who works weird hours is up walking his dog in the school yard across the street. He is whistling for his dog. Both my dogs go nuts.

Go see him, don't be nasty, but ask him very nicely if he could keep the noise down at that time because you're having a lot of trouble sleeping. Chances are he doesn't know he's waking people up.

4:00...my just turned 3 year old granddaughter wanders in.."Can I sleep in you bed?"

So where did your grandkids get the idea that it's okay to wake the adults up in the middle of the night? Three is old enough to learn rules, and staying in their room at night is one I'd be teaching them pdq.

At this point I was sandwiched between my grandson and my dog. <snip> The dog has gotten down and is now under the bed making annoying licky noises.

Your DOG is in your bedroom? Are you really serious about getting a good night's sleep?

My husband flips and flops in the bed across the hall. After 10 minutes I tell him I will sleep in there. He says he's fine, then proves it by beginning to snore 10 minutes later.

Get him to a snoring clinic, almost every case can be prevented, but you do need to find the cause.

I feel for you, I really do, but you're making a rod for your own back here.

She does not understand that sleep is my fondest desire. The elusive, mythical state that I have heard about and long to attain.

If you want a good night's sleep you need to take responsibility for the things that are keeping you awake and deal with them.

Getting a good night's sleep isn't an optional extra, a nice thing to have, it is vital to physical and mental wellbeing. My comments below might seem harsh, but it sounds like you need a wake up call. <-- Wake up call, get it? :bigsmile:

So till she gets her car fixed, we have a 5 AM wake up. This morning she's off, so we decided to sleep in until 7:30

Tell her to get her car fixed. Straight away. She is taking advantage of your willingness to help her and you are letting her. Give her a deadline.

An hour later my husband is up, turning on the bathroom light in our room (couldn't use the hallway bathroom?) and making all sorts of noises in there. This is the third night in a row.

Tell him, kindly but firmly, that you need your sleep and that you want him to come to bed at the same time that you do.

.time to get rid of more of the WATER. Another trip to the bathroom.

Don't drink a lot straight before bed. If a woman is having to get up in the night to pee, she's probably drinking more than she needs. Do some research on the "Eight Glasses a Day" thing (water in foods counting etc) before getting sucked into having more than you need.

.the idiot who works weird hours is up walking his dog in the school yard across the street. He is whistling for his dog. Both my dogs go nuts.

Go see him, don't be nasty, but ask him very nicely if he could keep the noise down at that time because you're having a lot of trouble sleeping. Chances are he doesn't know he's waking people up.

4:00...my just turned 3 year old granddaughter wanders in.."Can I sleep in you bed?"

So where did your grandkids get the idea that it's okay to wake the adults up in the middle of the night? Three is old enough to learn rules, and staying in their room at night is one I'd be teaching them pdq.

At this point I was sandwiched between my grandson and my dog. <snip> The dog has gotten down and is now under the bed making annoying licky noises.

Your DOG is in your bedroom? Are you really serious about getting a good night's sleep?

My husband flips and flops in the bed across the hall. After 10 minutes I tell him I will sleep in there. He says he's fine, then proves it by beginning to snore 10 minutes later.

Get him to a snoring clinic, almost every case can be prevented, but you do need to find the cause.

I feel for you, I really do, but you're making a rod for your own back here.

Cool. Finally someone that has all the answers.